The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-05-11
General Simon Bolivar Bucknsr Unanimously
Nominated for Governor.
Ringing Speeches From Carlisle. Beck, Black
burn, Breckenridge and Wattsrson.
The Platform-The Present War Tariff De-
nounced-"Honest" Civil Service Fa-
yored-Incidents of the Day.
THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.
Over Seven Hundred Delegates at Theil
State Convention in Louisville.


and was called to order by Colonel ]. Stod-
dard Johnson, chairman of the State Gen.
trail Committee. Over 700 delegates were
present, and Liederkranz Hall was crowd
ed to OVERLOOKING by these and over 1000
spectators. A temporary organization was
effected by electing Hon. Samuel E. Hill,
of Stanford, chairman, who appointed the
regular committees.
While the committees were out calls
were made for speeches.
MIR. Henry Watterson entered the hall,
snd being recognized on the outskirts OF
the crowd, was received with great enthu-
siasm.
Mr.. Wattersol was escorted to the stand
amid continuous cheering. The following
are some of the salient points of his
speech:
Rarely in the history of the politics OF
the country has there been greater need of
some vitalizing current in Democratic
counsels than there now is, and where shall
we look to find this vitalizing current il
not in Kentucky? The only distinct line
of Democratic policy which at this time
awakens the enthusiasm OF friends and ex-
cites the denunciation of foes is every
where described as the Kentucky idea
LCheers.l And what is the Kentucky idea?
1t is. as far as l am able to interpret 1t land
if there be anything / do understand, as
the old woman said of her blum, it is
the Democracy of kentucky [great laugh
teri; 1t is sturdy clinging to the idea that
government belongs to the many, and is
not the exclusive property of the few lap
plausel, and an obstinate insistance that
this idea shall be carried into every admin
istrative and legislative affair, and applied
alike 10 the self anointed and the great IN
washed. Laughter and applause.
Fellow Democrats, we have stumbled
npon times which, if they do not try mems
souls, are enough to nauseate dogs.
daughter. Turn whichever way you will,
it shall go lucky with you if you do not
stick your nose in bottle of patent medi.
cine prepared for the regeneration of man.
kind. The air is full OF nostrums. There
is the protectionists' wonderful iron tonic
for making men rich by taxation. IGreat
laughter. There is the mugwumps civil
service elixir for purifying the system and
perpetuating liberty by the erection of rep
resentatlve government. ICheers. There
is frauds own pauper patriotic liniment,
which proposes to exterminate vagabond-
age by making every tramp a pensioner
Icheers and confined laughter, and which
we should have actually had administered
to US but for the fly which Grover Cleve-
land dropped into the first box of the
ointment submitted to his inspection. Re-
newed cheering.1 There is that delicious
sugar.coated, double compound constitu-
little niger in the land before he goes to
bed, and when be gets up IN the morning
be shall come forth q scholar and gen.
fleman. Prolonged laughter. And then
there is Fox's universal renovator aid
social, moral and political cure-all, the
teatoial prohibition porous-plaster laugh
teri, which will stick to you like brother
laughter and which is expected to convert
every drinking saloon into a temple of
TpnPOnl0 the world Wi q
new race of red-nosed angels. Laughter
and applause.
II am against each and all of these
Quack remedies applause, and against the
man who is in favor of any one of them,
ispplsusel and more particularly against
him il be claims to be Democrat. Loud
applause. They are the vaporings OF
mock sentiment and the bastards of pater-
nal licentiousDess. LApplausel. They strike
at the root of our constitutional system,
which was conceived in the right of man
TO govern himself, and brought forth to
meet The evil that mankind is governed
too much. [Applausel. Ii would amaze the
fathers Of this Republic TO look in upon US
to-day and TO behold the elaborate archI-
lecture, and the costly and varigated fur
nituIe with which the vanity and avarice
of men and the ingenuity Of devils have
contrived to overlsy and decorate the SIM
pie republican structure they hewed out
of the primal forests of nature aud built
upon the rock of liberty. [Cheersl
''lf il be not the mission of the Demo-
cratic party TO preserve in the new some
thing OF the spirit OF the old [applausel, to
combine tradition with movement and 70
Tighten the highways of progress with
francs sEatched from the fire kiadled by
those who launched the ark of the Union
and made the covenant of States lap-
plausel then there is no future for Us out
a repetition of histories which had better
never been. 1 have followed the morn
ing star of Democracy from the MONDAY
secession through the darkest hours of
the midnight of reconstruction. and, with
the dawn of peace and reason. have seen it
shine over a united people [applausel as
bright and clear as the star OF Bethlehem,
which presaged the coming Christ; and, as
truly as / believe that God reigns and or
ders all things for good, do believe that
this morning star of Democracy which has
returned to its meridian and shines once
more above the White House, at Washing.
ton, presages the final triumph of freedom.
and the reign for ever and aye of the peo-
pies simple majesty. prolonged ap-
plause.
at is because / believe this that am
unwilling to yield one inch of the peoples
ground to the encroachment of innovation,
and hold these innovations more danger.
Gus when they come clad in the raiment
and flying the flag of a spurious Democ.
racy. Cheers
81 had rather meet my enemies on the
open plain in honest fight than one single
enemy disguised as a friend" [Ap-
plaUse.
Senator Joe Blackburn received hearty
call for speech, and delivered ringing
Democratic address, such IS only he car
deliver. After referring to Kentucky af
fairs, he said: lie. Kentucky's sovereign
Democracy send forth to other States Q
platform so broad, so true, so catholic Sc
democratic, that it shall be taken as the
cornerstone OF the national platform to
be framed in the next national cam
paign."
Continuing, Senator Blackburn said the
Democracy should demand a reduction oil
expenses of the Government and the plac.
ing of the burden of taxation where il
could be most easily borne. Speaking Of
the party in national affairs, he said
the party had pledged itself to correct the
evils and abuses in the Government. The
party bad charged the Republicans with
1axity of method and with corruption in
office. 1t had charged that taxes were toe
high and the expenses of the Government
too great. These abuses the Democratic
party promised to reform. 1t was now on
trial. 1t could not afford to admit tnat II
bad failed in Its promises. The civil